Jazz News

Either/Orchestra 'Live in Addis' CD Release Parties in New York, Cambridge, and Philadelphia

Source: All About Jazz
October 5, 2005

Ethiopiques 20: The Either/Orchestra Live in Addis “easily their best album ever" ~dustygroove.com CD release parties with special guest Mulatu Astatke: Buy your tickets now! NYC and Cambridge are very small rooms and will sell out... Joe's Pub, NYC October 13: 7 pm 425 Lafayette Street, 212-539-8770 $25 The Lizard Lounge, Cambridge MA October 21: 9:30 pm 1667 Massachusetts Ave., Cambridge MA $12 in advance / $15 at the door ...

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Pearl Django: Gypsy-Jazz Group Helps Distinctive Music Carry On

Source: All About Jazz
October 5, 2005

Imagine being an American playing French-Gypsy jazz to 3,000 Django Reinhardt enthusiasts — in France. “It was a little nerve-racking," said Michael Gray, a violinist with the jazz band Pearl Django. “Now I have sympathy for the average European blues band coming over here." But the listeners at the 2002 Festival de Jazz de Django Reinhardt, near Paris, “were thrilled that we had taken the style and run with it," Gray said. “We got nothing but great feedback." For the ...

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Francina Connors' "Uptown Jazz" Duo w/ Michael Howell @ Penang, Wed., 10/5, 8pm -12am

Source: All About Jazz
October 5, 2005

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Bluesman, throat singer Paul Pena dead at 55

Source: All About Jazz
October 4, 2005

SAN FRANCISCO --Paul Pena, a San Francisco blues guitarist who wrote one of the biggest hits for the Steve Miller Band, has died. He was 55.

Pena is perhaps best known for writing “Jet Airliner," a Top 10 hit in 1977. He's lived off the royalties from that song.

Pena also is familiar to audiences for the 1999 Academy Award-nominated documentary “Genghis Blues," which tells the story of how he took up Tuvan throat singing.

Pena died Saturday from complications ...

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Sydney Bands Convergence of Cabaret and Jazz

Source: All About Jazz
October 4, 2005

The convergence of cabaret presentations and jazz is becoming more evident and popular at Jazz festivals. Joe Flynn packed “Jazz” audiences to his presentation of comedy patter and topical songs at the recent Gold Coast Jazz Festival and the Newcastle Jazz Festival. George Washingmachine performs at most local Jazz festivals and sets up comedy patter in between playing a few tunes on his fiddle. James Morrison presents a bag of tricks with his presentations. In addition to his brilliant musicianship ...

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NYU's Master Class Series Features Jazz Saxophone Legend Phil Woods

Source: All About Jazz
October 4, 2005

NYU'S MASTER CLASS SERIES FEATURES JAZZ SAXOPHONE LEGEND PHIL WOODS

New York University's Jazz Master Class Series will feature jazz saxophone legend Phil Woods on Sun., Oct. 9, 7 - 9 p.m. at the Center for Jewish History (15 West 16th St., betw. 5th and 6th Avenues). The program is part of NYU's Jazz Studies Program in the Steinhardt School of Education's Department of Music and Performing Arts Professions. The event is free and open to the public, which may ...

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Johns Hopkins Professor on "Bebop, Modernism and Change"

Source: All About Jazz
October 4, 2005

JHU COURSE CATALOG: BEBOP, MODERNISM AND CHANGE

The course: Bebop, Modernism and Change. 3 credits. Offered by the Center for Africana Studies in the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences.

The instructor: Floyd W. Hayes III, a senior lecturer in the Department of Political Science and coordinator of programs and undergraduate studies in the Center for Africana Studies. Hayes's teaching and research interests include black politics and political philosophy, urban politics and public policy, educational policymaking and politics, leadership studies, ...

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Herbie Hancock's 'Possibilities'

Source: All About Jazz
October 4, 2005

Herbie Hancock recently released an album that marks a milestone in his career – a collaborative effort with today’s top pop artists called Possibilities. He describes Possibilities this way: “This is real collaboration that we’re doing here. It’s all been decided at the session,” and calls the album, “a record without borders, woven like a tapestry with many colors.” Each track reflects old-school, anything-goes, face-to-face sessions—real time, real music, real emotions, real thrills. Tracklisting: “Stitched Up” featuring John ...

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